#53BBBB#53BBBB

#53BBBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.096 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBBB
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 187)
HSL	hsl(180, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -29.76, -9.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 31.12, 197.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0924 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.096 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3034, 40.9645, 53.3140)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBBB #BB5353

analogous

#53BB87 #53BBBB #5387BB

triadic

#53BBBB #BB53BB #BBBB53

tetradic

#53BBBB #8753BB #BB5353 #87BB53

square

#53BBBB #8753BB #BB5353 #87BB53

split-complementary

#53BBBB #BB5387 #BB8753

monochromatic

#2A6A6A #3B9696 #53BBBB #7FCCCC #ABDEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#53BBBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#53BBBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBBB

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBBB	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.096 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0cf',
    500: '#53bbbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbbb;
$custom-light: #8ed0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73151,
    "c": 0.09575,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBBB

secondary

#CB9E9E

accent

#5555D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBBB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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